Wish Upon a Star

(Published July 2006)



I never have so many wishes in my life until now …...

• how I wish to be born a Korean (hehe, or him born as a Canadian?)

• how I wish to be xx years younger (girls, please refrain from filling out some astronomical number here),

• how I wish to have the face and body of Angelina Jolie with the brain of Condolezza Rice and the heart of Mother Teresa worthy of our dear Yong Joon (oh, you don’t like AJ and CR? ….. how about just fill in your own name, hehe),

• and how I EVEN wish to be just a bar of Yong Joon’s favourite fragrant soap for him to grip on tightly and rub all over his “smoothie” skin from head to toe ….. (umm..….on second thought, knowing how many showers that hygienic handsome hunk takes in a day, it’d better be a SUPER GIGANTIC bar, or else I’ll be reduced to bubbles and suds in TWO takes!)


Nobody disputes that our handsome prince is one of the most eligible bachelor in the world. Between his tight work schedule and limited social circle, he revealed that he has no opportunity to meet anyone. Maybe it’s the “maternal instincts” in me, whenever I saw Yong Joon in an interview with a TV host or a female model in a CF, I would size up the poor girl and ZOOM in on his reaction to her. Occasionally I would exclaim “Now, that’s a sweetie! Don’t be shy my prince, go go go!”, BUT if I didn’t think she’s up to par, I would protest “Umm, that’s not a good wife material. Hey lady, don’t lean too close to my prince please!” (do I sound more possessive than Yong Joon’s omoni?).




I always picture what kind of a “perfect” husband Yong Joon will make to his ultimately extremely unbelievably lucky wife. I read in a Japanese TV interview that he hopes he still has the desire, at 40 years old, to say “I love you” to his wife who’s standing in front of the washing machine. Umm.… let me see, my dear handsome prince : if a woman marries a guy who can afford a “stylist” and “an ASSISTANT to the stylist” and she STILL has to figure out how to work that #&*@~$% washing machine, I see there are only 2 options waiting for you that night : silent treatment or the couch! (Of course, I’m joking! Are you kidding me? Whoever’s lucky enough to marry you should do ALL your laundry, plus OURS too! After all, we are family, right?)


Some wise guys/gals once said that “getting married is like buying a computer : as soon as you paid and bring it home, they’re bound to come out with a newer and better model”. For those lucky sisters who are still looking for a computer, well, you know which highest model to shoot for. For those of us who have already made our purchase, DON’T PANIC, no need to drop your current model and run off to Korea for an upgrade (although that sounds rather tempting!). Remember that “mint conditioned” computer when we said “I do” and signed on the dotted line? .…. No? Not anymore? ….. Ok then, NOW PANIC!




Dear sisters, allow me to offer you some compensation – how about wishing for some upgrades to your current “el computador” (term from a 'Spanish computer' joke)?

1. Bigger memory – you wish they can remember your birthday, wedding day, first stroll under moonlight, sunlight, traffic light ..…. most important, you wish they can REMEMBER to put the toilet seat DOWN!

2. More interactive – plain yes and no or maybe are just not acceptable answers to you, you want details, descriptions, explanations and EVEN punctuations. And no, you do not wish to talk at 50 words/second during commercial breaks ONLY!

3. Faster response time – when you ask them how you look in a new dress, you wish they won’t agonize like having to answer a “How to solve the world’s hunger?” problem before blurting out a lame excuse like “honey, I GOT to go to the bathroom QUICK!”, and then lock themselves in there for 2 hours!


Meanwhile, our men are also busy working on the “Santa’s list” for their “la computadora” :



1. User friendly interface – they do not dare to attempt rationalizing the complex internal logic of their computadora. They just wish to see more guy-friendly language that only their brains can comprehend like “hey dude” in lieu of “how are you”, “we’re cool” in place of “everything is fine” and “burp” instead of “I agree”.

2. Advanced warning system – they desperately wish for all the hints, warnings and help messages so they can prepare to respond ahead of time before their computadora explode in hysterical shrieks. Lord knows, they are still suffering from eardrum damage and spinal cord injury (from countless nights on the couch) during their last disaster recovery.

3. Permanent delete capability – when they ship their errors to the trash bin, they definitely 1000% mean to erase it forever from the face of the earth. They wish their computadora will not retrieve those mistakes and repeat it 99 times in all their future arguments.


Now that I have managed to offend both sexes, I’d better say goodnight and turn off my old reliable computer. Wish do come true, you know – if you care to DREAM ……


This is a hilarious vod about the infatuation of some Japanese housewives on Yonsama and the reaction from one “poor” husband. Guarantee you’ll have a good laugh, please enjoy :

LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8favUHixick